period 5 vocab

period 5

1844-1877

whig political platform in 1850

1. pro- industry

2. anti- expansion

3. indifferent on slavarh/ private property rights

4. federalism

5. strong federal government to drive national economy

kansas nebraska act of 1854

stephen douglad divided nebraska territory into 2 areas, kansas and nebraska

popular sovereignty

will decide whether a state is free or slave

the crime against kansas (1856)

1. charles summer delivers a two day powerful anti slave speech in cogees

2. verbally assaults andrew butler by saying he has a ‘mistress’ in slavery

3. butler attacks summer and he is severely injured

the dred scott decision (1857)

1. freedom provision in NW territory was unconstitutional

2. slaves are property, can’t sue

3. slaves must be taken anywhere and will remain slaves no matter the state

bleeding kansas (1845-1859)

fight against slavery to say whether kansas was free or slave

border ruffians

missouri pro- slavers that emigrate to kansas to vote pro slave

new england emigration company

john brown led crew of abolitionists to vote anti- slave

potatoes creek massacre

brown and his sons massacre 5 pro slavers with swords

the lincoln douglas debates for illinois state (1858)

series of 7 debates, primarily over the issues of slavery extension into the territories and the dred scott decision

fort sumter (1861)

first shots fired at union base off coast of charlestown, SC

the civil war (1861-1865)

different sides towards slave and free states, mainly a war due to slavery

the reconstruction era (1865-1877)

after the civil war where the scars of the civil war attempt to be healed

radical republicans

led the charge for suffrage, summer and stevens wanted to punish the south

wade davis bill (1864)

plan to re- admit rebel states upon the conclusion of the civil war

10% plan

10% of rebel state male population must pledge loyalty to america and recognize freedom of expression- slaves

freedman’s bureau

promise displaced Southerners and freedman with relief from the impacts of the civil war

the civil rights act of 1875

provides freedmen the right to vote under the 15th amendment- universal male suffrage

ku klux klan

underground society that used terrorism to control blacks and southern white republicans

force acts (1770-1771)

attempts by federal government to quell kkk

redeemers

conservative movement to gain control of the south

william lloyd garrison (1805-1879)

• the liberator

• passionate about abolitionism

henry david thoreau (1817-1862)

• anti- polk

• civil disobedience

• supports abolition and feminist movements

fredrick douglas (1818-1895)

• narrative of a slave

• social reformer

• advocated for emancipation

harriet beecher stowe

uncle toms cabin

harriet tubman

• aided john browns raid on harper’s ferry

• had ‘visions’ that guided her

• fugitive slave act- made underground railroad hard to rescue slaves

john brown

triggers bleeding kansas

raided harper’s ferry

john wilkes booth

assassinated president lincoln

abraham lincoln

militia acts or 1862

confiscation acts

nominated for president

andrew johnson

black codes

sharecropping

military construction act of 1867